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Carnival Sunshine Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 18

Overall rating:

3 out of 5
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Carnival Sunshine

8 Night Southern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 04, 2017

Ship: Carnival Sunshine

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8307

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

The staff and food was very good.  Having been a past cruiser on the Destiny, I found the decor throughout the ship to be an improvement. Many found the redesign of the Lido and hallway seating to be much less.  There seem to be fewer seats on the Lido when at sea.  We also missed the seating in the hallways just to take a break, read or people watch.  Also love the Alchemy Bar, great drinks and servers treat you really special, worth the extra money. They also need more activities especially when you are at sea for 3 days.  Need more than Trivia and art shows.  The evening shows were enjoyable but we were forced to go to the early show because we were never got done early enough from the 8:15pm dinning room to make the second show.  

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Children's Programs

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

1 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Had problems with our water. Lost cold water two day, not happy getting scalded while taking a shower. Our steward Gordana was fabulous!!!

Ship tip

The pizza bar is great, Guy's is excellent as usual and the Alchemy Bar is our favorite bar.

Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

5 out of 5

Oranjestad, Aruba

1 out of 5
Need to reroute the trip to do it second on the trip so you have more time. The weather made our trip there shorter and only spent 2 hrs on land. Mother nature, but still needs more time than originally scheduled.

Willemstad, Curacao

5 out of 5

Grand Turk Island

5 out of 5

Traveler Photos

another day at sea love the sunsets Some of our towel friends
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1 Comment

sunshinel9ver    7 years ago

Love the Sunshine!!!! Sailed on her twice. So many dining options. Carnival staff is the BEST!!😎😎

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